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Katie Swan forced to retire through illness from Chennai Open semi-final

Britain's Katie Swan was forced to retire from her maiden WTA semi-final in Chennai because of illness.

Swan was trailing 3-0 to third seed Magda Linette of Poland after 16 minutes of their match when she called for a medical timeout.

After being assessed by medics, Swan was not well enough to resume.

The British number six had only finished her quarter-final at 3am on Saturday - a match where she also needed a medical timeout.

"I feel bad for Katie," Linette said afterwards. "She gave everything yesterday and it looks like she has paid the price today.